Chapter I - Preliminary
Classify the dispute, specified value, document and forum before treating a matter as a commercial suit.
Commercial Courts Corpus / Commercial Courts Act, 2015 - Professional Corpus Index
Finin2min Indian Law Corpus - Batch 05
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 - Professional Corpus
Act chapters, commercial CPC Schedule, all Central Rules/instruments recorded by India Code, State/High Court deployment controls and end-to-end litigation masters.
See also the Arbitration and Mediation Hub's Act and Framework Map and the Limitation Act Corpus for filing-timeline questions.
Critical filing controls
Do not file by label alone: classify the commercial dispute, calculate specified value, verify the current State/High Court court notification and complete section 12A PIMS unless genuine urgent interim relief is contemplated.
Corpus coverage
- 8 Act chapter publications covering sections 1-23 including section 3A, 12A and 21A and omitted section 9.
- 12 dedicated commercial CPC Schedule modules.
- 6 Central Rule, corrigendum, amendment and authorisation-notification modules.
- 19 professional implementation masters.
- 45 publication PDFs, cheat sheets and decision flows.
Publication directory
Chapter II - Commercial Courts, Appellate Courts and Divisions
Map court level, territorial limits, pecuniary threshold, original-side status and statutory exclusion before filing.
Chapter III - Specified Value
Compute the statutory value from the relief sought, interest to filing date, property value, intangible-right estimate and arbitration claim plus counterclaim.
Chapter IIIA - Pre-Institution Mediation and Settlement
Do not institute a non-urgent commercial suit before exhausting PIMS; preserve limitation exclusion, service and the settlement or non-starter record.
Chapter IV - Appeals
Use the correct appellate forum, sixty-day filing clock and limited appealable-order list.
Chapter V - Transfer of Pending Suits
Identify pending qualifying suits and arbitration applications, completed procedural steps, reserved judgments and case-management reset.
Chapter VI - CPC Amendments for Commercial Disputes
Treat the Schedule as an operating litigation code: strict pleadings, disclosure, written-statement deadline, summary judgment, case management, costs and judgment timelines.
Chapter VII - Miscellaneous
Maintain the delegated-legislation, High Court practice-direction, notification, data and transition layer alongside the Act.
Schedule Part 1 - Section 26, Costs and Compensatory Costs
CPC section 26 affidavit linkage, substituted section 35 commercial-cost regime and section 35A amendment.
Schedule Part 2 - Order V Summons and Written-Statement Clock
The thirty-day norm and absolute 120-day outer limit from service of summons require service-date and defence-file controls.
Schedule Part 3 - Order VI Pleadings and Statement of Truth
Commercial pleadings, authorisation and verification under Rule 15A; non-compliance can prevent reliance or lead to striking out.
Schedule Part 4 - Order VII Interest Claim Particulars
State contractual/statutory basis, rate, period, calculated interest and daily accrual after the calculation date.
Schedule Part 5 - Order VIII Defence, Specific Denial and Forfeiture
Specific reasoned denials, alternative version, jurisdiction/value objections and the 120-day written-statement bar.
Schedule Part 6 - Order XI Disclosure, Discovery and Inspection
Broad continuing disclosure including adverse documents, custody details, electronic-record declarations, inspection and admission/denial.
Schedule Part 7 - Order XIII-A Summary Judgment
No-real-prospect test, pre-issue stage, documentary procedure, conditional orders, security and costs.
Schedule Part 8 - Order XV-A Case Management Hearing
First hearing after admission/denial, six-month argument target, evidence schedule, sanctions and settlement attendance.
Schedule Part 9 - Order XVIII Written Arguments and Witness Affidavits
Written arguments, authorities, simultaneous witness affidavits and controlled additional evidence.
Schedule Part 10 - Order XIX Court Control, Redaction and Affidavit Format
Chronological evidence, source of information, relevance control and court power to exclude or redact.
Schedule Part 11 - Order XX Judgment Timeline
Judgment should be pronounced within ninety days after conclusion of arguments and issued electronically or otherwise.
Schedule Part 12 - Appendix I Statement of Truth
Competence, knowledge, full disclosure, page/annexure verification and false-statement consequences.
Commercial Courts (Statistical Data) Rules, 2018
Monthly data format, responsible court officers, High Court publication and section 17 reporting control.
Commercial Courts (Pre-Institution Mediation and Settlement) Rules, 2018
Application, notice, service, appearance/non-starter, mediator, procedure, time, fees, settlement and forms.
Corrigendum to PIMS Rules, 2018
Reconcile the original Gazette text with the corrigendum before reproducing forms or procedural wording.
Commercial Courts (Statistical Data) Amendment Rules, 2020
Updated data categories and reporting to reflect Commercial Appellate Courts and the post-2018 court architecture.
Commercial Courts (PIMS) Amendment Rules, 2020
Current form, electronic-service, fee and procedural amendments must be overlaid on the 2018 Rules.
Central Notification Authorising Legal Services Authorities for PIMS
State and District Authorities under the Legal Services Authorities Act are the authorised PIMS route, subject to current local implementation.
Bare Act and Schedule Source-Control Master
Complete section/chapter/Schedule architecture, official source links, amendment footnotes and offline-source certification controls.
Amendment and Effective-Date Master
Original 2015 framework, 2018 amendment, 2019 territorial change, Rules/corrigendum/amendments and event-date law.
Commercial Dispute Classification Master
Apply every section 2(1)(c) category, the immovable-property trade-use test, State/public body explanation and exclusions.
Specified Value Calculation Master
Money, interest, movable/immovable property, intangible rights, arbitration claim/counterclaim and State higher-threshold overlays.
Court, Territory and Forum Jurisdiction Master
Commercial Court level, High Court original side, appellate forum, arbitration applications, territorial cause of action and barred forums.
Section 12A PIMS End-to-End Master
Eligibility, urgent-relief screen, application, service, non-starter, mediation, fees, settlement, limitation exclusion and suit filing.
Urgent Interim Relief Exception Master
Record the actual urgent relief, immediacy, interim application and bona fide litigation strategy; do not use a token prayer to bypass PIMS.
Plaint, Interest Claim and Statement of Truth Master
Commercial classification, jurisdiction/value, section 12A pleading, cause of action, interest computation, disclosure and authorised verification.
Defence and 120-Day Written-Statement Master
Service-date control, specific denial, jurisdiction/value objections, disclosure, counterclaim and forfeiture risk.
Disclosure, E-Discovery and Admission-Denial Master
Preservation hold, custodians, adverse documents, cloud/email records, metadata, inspection, production and reasoned admissions/denials.
Order XIII-A Summary Judgment Master
Timing, no-real-prospect test, evidence, reply, hearing notice, conditional order, security and costs.
Order XV-A Case Management and Trial Master
Issues, witnesses, evidence, arguments, day-to-day recording, six-month target and non-compliance sanctions.
Costs, Interest and Settlement Strategy Master
Commercial costs, settlement offers, interest calculation, costs budget, PIMS impact, mitigation and decree economics.
Appeals, Interlocutory Orders, Revision and Writ Master
Section 8 bar, section 13 appealable orders, sixty-day limitation, section 37 arbitration orders and constitutional review risk.
Commercial Courts and Arbitration Interface Master
Sections 9, 11, 34, 36 and 37 forum mapping, international/domestic arbitration, specified value and Commercial Division/Appellate Division.
State and High Court Notification Matrix
Court constitution, local limits, pecuniary value, appellate courts, Commercial Divisions, practice directions, e-filing and court fees.
Statistical Data, Dashboard and Governance Master
Monthly case data, publication ownership, pendency/disposal controls, infrastructure, training and High Court directions.
Commercial Courts Case-Law Citator Master
Mandatory PIMS, urgent-relief scrutiny, commercial-dispute classification, appeal restrictions, written statement and procedural discipline.
Company, LLP, Partnership, GST, Tax, MSME, IBC, Consumer and IP Overlays
Entity authority, contract remedies, delayed-payment forum, insolvency moratorium, consumer route, IP forum, tax treatment and settlement documentation.